saddam hussein went _ travel. that is true. saddam hussein went and _ travel. that is true.nd the horror travel. that is true. saddam - hussein went and the horror was unleashed from 2003 on for the christians, the persecution wasn't just christians, the persecution wasn'tjust isis. you printed that the persecution and the horror began from the fall of saddam hussein all the way up and it got much, much worse all across the middle east. christians are always the least second—class citizens not actively persecuted. second-class citizens not actively persecuted.- second-class citizens not actively persecuted. the same ha--ened actively persecuted. the same happened in — actively persecuted. the same happened in syria. _ actively persecuted. the same happened in syria. where - actively persecuted. the same | happened in syria. where have they gone, where has the diaspora gone to?- they gone, where has the diaspora gone to? many went to the camps — diaspora gone to? many went to the camps in — diaspora gone to? many went to the camps in places _ diaspora gone to? many went to th

a few months after the victory of the islamic revolution, iraqi dictator saddam hussein launched. attackontribution to iran was its unwavering political support. at arab league conferences, syria's stance was pivotal in preventing the emergence of a unique. front among arab nations against iran, particularly as saddam hussein attempted to frame the war as an arab iranian conflict as the world. pageed on, syria took proactive steps to aid iran, including dispatching a delegation of military officers to eastern block nations to procure weapons, which were then supplied directly to iran in an effort to bypass the international arms embargo. furthermore, damascus provided crucial. intelligence regarding the locations of iraqi military bases, this vital information significantly contributed to iran's success on the battlefield against the baffi regime of iraq. one of the most audacious actions taken by syria during this period was the blockade of iraq. oil pipeline to the mediterranean, a move that struck a significant blow to saddam hussein's regime. almost two decades later, it was tehran's

particularly as saddam hussein attempted to frame the war as an arab iranian conflict.rucial intelligence regarding the locations of iraqi. military basis, this vital information significantly contributed to iran's success on the battlefield against the batthy regime of iraq. one of the most audacious actions taken by syria during this period was the blockade of iraq's oil pipeline to the mediterranean. move that struck a significant blow to saddam hussein's regime. almost two decades later, it was tehran's turn to show that it was also a friend in need, when in 2011, syria found itself emits the wave of the so-called arab spring, a period of political upheaval that swept through several arab nations, including egypt, tunesia, libya, yemen and syria. however, the situation in syria unfolded differently, while the crises in other countries were largely internal, syria's turmoil escalated into a complex international conflict, as fighting intensified, a multitude of foreign terrorists hailing from europe, asia and africa converged in syria under the banner of daesh, trans

symbolic importance. a few months after the victory of the islamic revolution, iraqi dictator saddam husseina's most vital contribution to iran was its unwavering. political support at arab league conferences, syria's stance was pivotal in preventing the emergence of a united front among arab nations against iran, particularly as saddam hussein attempted to frame the... the war as an arab iranian conflict, as the war raged on, syria took proactive steps to aid iran, including dispatching a delegation of military officers to eastern block nations to procure weapons which were then supplied directly to iran in an effort to bypass the international arms embargo. furthermore, damascus provided crucial intelligence regarding the locations of iraqi military bases. this vital information significantly contributed to iran's success on the battlefield against the bathi regime of iraq. one of the most audacious actions taken by syria during this period was the blockade of iraq's oil pipeline to the mediterranean, a move that struck a significant blow to saddam hussein's regime. almost two decades late

saddam hussein was captured in his hometown of tekrit in december 2003.ears later, he was sentenced to death and hanged. no weapons of mass destruction were not found in iraq. back in september 1969, inspired by the panabai ideas of nasir, twenty-seven-year-old captain muammar gaddafi carried out a military coup. overthrew the king of libya. he turned the country into a new socialist state - the jamahiriya. support for palestinian militants and responsibility for terrorist attacks in europe - the explosion at a disco in berlin - the explosion of an american airliner over lockerbie in scotland - led to his isolation and un sanctions. they tried to bomb libya, but to no avail. in 2003, apparently under the impression from the fate of saddam hussein, gaddafi publicly renounced his own nuclear program and made peace with the west, in 2011 the arab spring came to libya. the west took the side of the libyan rebels and in fact... the libyan colonel was sentenced to death, he was brutally murdered. not even a collapse, but some kind of instantaneous absorption of

cheney was a friend of saddam hussein.ansfield, the us secretary of defense, when they destroyed iraq, was also a close friend of saddam hussein, but they eventually gave him up and hanged him. and you are friends of america. okay, let's say we are not you, but maybe one day. his words were prophetic, and did you see who was laughing? the leader of egypt, who is no more, and of syria, he is alive, syria is no more, at least the syria that we knew, the game is still going on, now they say they want good relations with russia, and in general we still need to think about what is profitable, not profitable, russia is a serious player with russia. a colossal piece of land, and most importantly, well, for them aleppo is not just the most important city in the ottoman mentality, that is , they think that it was all theirs, but really understand syria. what is this , this is molded by the french, such a strange, sewn on a thread, which could only be held by dictatorial methods, and it is clear that the son definitely did not inher

the bombing of the rock, was a close friend of saddam hussein. in the end, they sold him out. they have terms of even you, the friends of america. know, i will say we, we, the friends of america, america may 1 day approve of our hanging. washington has long been involved in addressing places in the middle is often playing a significant role in shipping result dynamics. all changes don't quote to examines how us support for revolution he lives in the region has led to instability. and the rise of terrorism framed those efforts to promote democracy. the same change as a business. the u. s. has been in for a very long time and where the west seeks to over throw leaders. it doesn't like it begins with denunciations of the past, along with promises of a better future. after 14 years of conflict, the syrian people finally have reason for hope. the assad regimes refusal since 2011, to engage in a credible political process and its reliance on the brutal support of russia and a ron, let inevitably to its own collapse. if a side has gone, that's a welcome

, saddam hussein was also the secretary general of the baath, only a different one?e at enmity with each other these two baathist parties, like trutsky stalin, well, a normal story for arabs. and there is, there is even such a story that when they started releasing prisoners from the prison with the khahams, one of the prisoners who had served here for 20 years or more, that is, they did not know about the revolution, the uprising, or anything, and he was sure that saddam hussein was releasing him. well, that is, as an alternative to hafez-e-azad. yes, yes, yes. so you can imagine this story, and actually it is absolutely, well... in general it was an anecdotal situation, i as far as i remember that hafez zasad is the father of the current, no longer current, former president of syria, when he quarreled with the founder of his party, bas, who fled to iraq and was the main ideologist there, he pulled out an old school teacher there, who was one of the founders of this party at the beginning of the century, you know, as it happens, a delegate to the first congress of t

why won't there be an investigation into the killing of saddam hussein? an arab leader was executed by hanging. yeah, we sit on the sidelines. why? any one of you might be next? yes. america fought alongside saddam hussein against the ranch khamenei. he was their friend, us vice president cheney was a friend of saddam hussein rumsfeld, the us defense secretary at the time a rack was destroyed, was a close friend of saddam hussein. ultimately they sold them out and hanging to your friends of america. let's say that we are not you, but one of these days america may hang us. while the room was filled with laughter, leaves, former leaders surprisingly predicted what would eventually happen to him just 4 years later, we vividly remember libya being quite a prosperous african nation under. that's his rule. this is real assassination. the country has been myers in an endless crisis. special ed who was shown in that video shrugging off, but that his comments has just been deposed. his government has collapsed and a new leadership of militants and designate a terr

yes. america followed along side saddam hussein against iran's khomeini. he was their friend, us vice president cheney was a friend of saddam hussein rumsfeld, the us defense secretary at the time a rock was destroyed, was a close friend of saddam hussein. ultimately they sold them out and hanging to your friends of america. let's say that we are not you, but one of these days america may hang us. and while the room was filled with laughter, leaves, former leaders surprisingly predicted what would eventually happen to him just 4 years later with vividly remember libya being quite a prosper us african nation on the death is rule. this is real. assess the nation, the country has been myers in an endless crisis. special ed who was shown in that video should broken off, but that his comments has just been deposed. his government has collapsed and a new leadership of militants and designate a terrorist. have seized control of damascus. the former libyan leader also predicted what he thought would happen to the middle east. their plan is to remove lebanon and sy

, saddam hussein was also the secretary general of the bas, only different, and they were at enmity with each other . such a story that when they took prisoners from there were even prisons with the khahams, then one of the prisoners, who had served there for 20 years, or more, that is, they did not know about the revolution, or the uprising, or anything, and he was sure that he was being saddam hussein, well, i mean... so you can imagine this story and actually it's absolutely well, there was an energy situation there in general , as far as i remember, hafezad. the father of the current, no longer current, former president of syria, when he quarreled with the founder of his party, bas, who fled to iraq and was the main ideologist there, he pulled out an old school teacher there, who was one of the founders of this party back in the beginning of the century, you know, as it happens, a delegate to the first congress, the congress the rsdlp, who later never participated in politics, and he made him the general secretary of the party in syria. the main ideologist, and he spent the last two

of iraq might have weapons of mass destruction. >> saddam hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction. >> the only thing that would keep americans safe would be to invade iraq and take him out. bush said. and so we did. and within the year, one man stepped forward with what he believed to be the truth. ambassador joe wilson, valerie plame's husband wilson wrote an op ed in the new york times claiming that the bush administration was relying on shaky intelligence to assert that saddam was seeking uranium from africa because he was the guy who had been to niger to find out there was no reason to believe that the transaction that had been alleged in these documents that were later deemed to be forgeries, had ever taken place, or could have taken place, and the bush white house did not appreciate that. >> this claim sets off a firestorm in washington a week after wilson blew the whistle. >> columnist robert novak, working on a tip from the bush administration, published an article not only refuting wilson's claim, but also suggesting that the trip he took to

from american soldiers died, a member of the blue host, despite the fact that it is clear that saddam hussein, politely speaking, was an absolutely bloody tyrant and does not evoke any sympathy, but also the way they dealt with him is disgusting, we have us, who did not even come close ... tried to destroy political power in georgia, and even tbilisi, they decided not to take, although they could always destroy political leaders, in a terrible way, remember the vile giggling hillary clinton, how she rejoiced at the death of an old man, when the unfortunate gaddafi was torn to pieces, this is absolute barbarity, she clapped her hands with happiness, by the way, in fact, this is exactly what cost her the presidential chair, because such pictures are not forgotten. inhuman, if anything, to die with them, this is a man, there is putin, who during the invasion to dagestan, yes, i flew there, they went, viktor vasily zolotov was nearby with a machine gun, the guys from the security, there was a lot of stuff there. china has not yet encountered this, it was not us who responded to it, it was an amer

the head of iraq saddam hussein would become a thorn in the american side back in 1990. desert storm battle for kuwait, will end with washington's victory. and then president bush sr. will promise: baghdad will be a liberal democracy. the plans were postponed until 2001. using the september 11 terrorist attack as a pretext, the us presidential administration begins to gather supporters of a military invasion, at first there were few willing: great britain, poland, australia and the un. saddam hussein and the iraqi leadership must make concessions and prove to us that they have no weapons. "bogdad fell in two weeks, and already on may 1st already younger, linkal announces, the mission carried out. the actions of the united states, well, there were two positions, one official position, which the united states adhered to first of all in 2003, this is what, well, this is the overthrow of saddam hussein, the second is the destruction of weapons of mass destruction, well, the creation of". years and during this time iraq rightfully receives the title of the second vietnam for

you were actually in baghdad when saddam hussein was found. you understand the complex nature of a regime change. what are you expecting in syria? as we look at the days and months ahead? >> yeah, that's a great question, jessica. >> and clarissa's report just now was very good because anytime you have regime change, especially in regimes within the middle east, there's always going to be dynamics and chaos and dysfunction afterwards. i wasn't surprised that she didn't see border guards as she traveled from lebanon into syria, because the security forces have dissolved not only the syrian army, but all of their police forces. the border forces have likely just gone away so that is going to contribute to chaos. we saw the looting of the presidential palace in the film that you showed earlier. that's another indicator of what happens in regime change. and it will be the next few days that will tell the tale of what is going to happen next. you know, it was certainly a lightning quick offensive operation by the freedom fighters, by the rebels and

meanwhile, the government of saddam hussein was not unaware of the incident. at the beginning of the military threats of the iraqi regime against iran, the issue of the emirates and the islands was also added to saddam's excuses against iran. in the first statement of the iraqi army chief of staff on the day of the start of the war and military attack on iran, one of the main demands of the saddam hussein government was to return the islands that he claimed were occupied by arabs to the emirates. in a situation where this issue had nothing to do with the iraqi government and had been resolved between iran and the uae years ago, look at the speech of the uae foreign minister regarding structural reform in the united nations . his speech is one and a half pages long. one paragraph is about structural reform . the rest is about the iranian islands. it is not clear at all what these issues have to do with each other, but they want to raise this issue in a way that turns it into a rhetorical tension. that is why iran managed this very well and we are not talking abo

, it's not necessary to support saddam hussein to oppose a british. american invasion of iraq, so why should it be necessary to like bashar al-assad to oppose an american and a british invasion, buse that's what it is? syria, i mean, what's the mentality of these kinds of people? we are against the empire of anglo-saxons invading, occupying, regime changing countries around the world that don't bow the knee to them. that's obvious. i mean, who needs a class on that? who needs to read a book on that? it's obvious that the people behind the... uprising are the worst people in the world, that if you're on an anti-war march, if you're on a pro- gaza march, you really should be able to understand that. now i blame the quality of the leadership of the anti-war movement for this kind of persistent, consistent error of judgment. they're so keen to say, well, we're against nato. in ukraine, but we don't like russia, we don't like putin, we're against the attacks on iran, but we don't like the iranian government, we don't like iran's point of view on this or th

our security correspondent frank gardener after the fall of gaddafi in 2011, and saddam hussein in iraqnd bloodshed and civil war. so they have already had that in syria, maybe of torment and bloodshed and civil war. so they have already had that in syria, maybe they have had enough, and they want to move to a better place. so first and foremost, let's hope so for the sake of all syrians. our security correspondent frank gardener has been watching the situation closely and gave me this update. chipped is calling on parties in syria to preserve the good people of the seas of the state and international institutions. that's coming from egypt. the first comments on the situation in syria saying it's following the situation with great care. affirming its support for syrian people and the country's sovereignty and unity. and from homs in the north to close in on the capital, and it is clear the syrian army had no stomach for this fight, they defected, they surrendered, they retreated, tore off their uniforms, put down their guns and disguised themselves as civilians, this regime has crumbled

see that in his speeches, but also in his writings and the defensive iran of course against saddam hussein's aggression was key to his evolution as a military commander, yeah, and after the war he was given a new job to build the courts forces and because of his very heartfelt relationship to the palestinian people, he spent the rest of his life trying to strengthen the palestinian cause and creating... what is called the access of resistance? yeah, the united states of course, they in many ways helped create taxes of resistance by foolish policies, by destructive policies, by supporting isis, for example, the united states helped iraqies recognized the true nature of american foreign policy and the threat that isis was to their... uh to their country and to their existence, yes indeed, and of course the united states approach hasn't changed at all, has it in the intervening years, but professor marandi, i mean what was solomon's relationship with hispalah, because he was highly respected in lebanon and even supported the hisb in the 2006 july war against israel, didn't he? yes, he was actua

sulaimani advanced rapidly through the ranks and during the iran-iraq war, he helped to fight of saddam hussein's invasion, gaining a reputation for bravery. he continued to ascend the ranks after the war, becoming an irgc commander in kurman province, fighting against drug trafficking. by 1998, he had become the commander of the irgc's elite hoods force in that role, which he occupied until his assassination on on the 3rd of january 2020, sulaimani developed personal ties with resistance forces across west asia. in the july war against israel in 2006, sulaimani was stationed in lebanon and worked with hisballah to help remove the zionist invaders. it is no surprise that a former cia officer described sulaimani as the single most powerful operative in west asia. sulaimani also worked to fortify relations with the palestinian resistance groups hamas. and palestinian islamic jihad, and he was a key player in the creation of an extensive tunnel network used to smuggle weapons me and supplies into the besieged strip. an official statement from hamas said that sulaimani played a major and critical rol

it was done by saddam hussein. the immediate assumption was it must be a reciprocal revenge attack for what was happening at the american embassy in tehran. when it became clear that wasn't the case, the iranians began to put pressure on britain to bring it an early conclusion, to save the diplomats to get them out. america was also putting pressure on britain in the hope that if it could be solved bloodlessly, if that would in a way curry favor with the iran regime and be used as a lever to try to get the hostages out of the american embassy. all of these things were linked up. it was daily news in the iranian press as well of what was going on. it was blamed on the imperialist powers. it was a big story. the other thing the iranian government said was all the iranians will be happy to die as martyrs, which is not true. many of the iranians had no intention of dying as martyrs. >> i bet they didn't. one thing you mentioned, maybe i'm the complete ignorant person who lived in iran. i was a teenager. i never heard o

they did the same with saddam hussein. it's not necessary to support saddam hussein. to oppose a british and american invasion of iraq, so why should it be necessary to like bashar al-assad to oppose an american and a british invasion, buse that's what is of syria? i mean, what's the mentality of these kinds of people? we are against the empire of anglo saxons invading, occupying, regime changing countries. around the world that don't bow the knee to them. that's obvious. i mean, who needs a class on that? who needs to read a book on that? it's obvious that the people behind this uprising are the worst people in the world, that if you're on an anti-warch, if you're on a pro- gaza march, you really should be able to understand that. now, i blame the quality of the leader. of the anti-war movement for this kind of persistent, consistent error of judgment, they're so keen to say: "well, we're against nato and ukraine, but we don't like russia, we don't like putin, we're against the attacks on iran, but we don't like the irani

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